“The electronics industry is heading in the right direction. To stay in the race, each company needs to put its foot on the accelerator, applying any progress it has made across all of its product lines and adopting each other’s best practices,” said Greenpeace international toxics campaigner Casey Harrell.

“We’re confident that, as part of the most innovative industry on the planet, these companies can step up to this green challenge.”

However, not everyone in the tech industry took part in the survey. Notable absentees included Apple, Microsoft and Asus. ®